Crash Bandicoot 1 - OST pre-console mix

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Crash Bandicoot Pre console music

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Crash Bandicoot

Crash Bandicoot 2 - Rock It (pre-console version)

Crash Bandicoot 2 - Neo Cortex (pre-console version)

Crash Bandicoot 2 - Komodo Bros (pre-console version)

Crash Bandicoot - Heavy Machinery (pre-console version)

Jak3 - Precursor Sub Rails (pre-console version)

Jak II: Renegade - main theme (full-length version)

Crash Bandicoot Warped - Dingodile (pre-console version)

Crash Bandicoot - Upstream (pre-console version)

Crash Bandicoot - Hog Wild (pre-console version)

Crash Bandicoot Warped - High Time (pre-console version)

Crash Bandicoot 2 - N Brio (pre-console version)

This was the first demo (along with three others) submitted to Universal Interactive and Naughty Dog to be considered for the Crash Bandicoot gig - TWENTY YEARS AGO ))))

Crash Bandicoot - Theme Demo #1 (1996)

Here's an example of the early 'ambient' direction for CB1 - less tune, more vibe )))

Crash Bandicoot - Jungle Boulders xp2 (demo)

This is a demo for the Komodo Joe boss round which ultimately got cut from CB1… When the Komodo Bros appeared in CB2, a new theme was written.

Crash Bandicoot - Komodo Joe xp2 (demo)

Crash Bandicoot - Tawna (pre-console version)

Crash Bandicoot Theme w/beach intro (pre-console version)

Crash Bandicoot - Slippery Climb (pre-console version)

Crash Bandicoot: Warped - Neo Cortex (pre-console version)

Crash Team Racing - Hot Air Skyway (pre-console version)

Crash Team Racing - N. Gin Lab (pre-console version)

Crash Bandicoot - early demo medley 2 (jungle rollers xp1, boulders xp1, ruins xp1, ruins xp2)

Crash Bandicoot Warped - Midnight Run (pre-console version)

This was my first attempt at music for the CB Warped underwater levels. The final version ended up being a lot more moody and atmospheric.

Crash Bandicoot Warped - Under Pressure (demo)

Crash Bandicoot - Theme demo #2

Josh Mancell is a Los Angeles-based composer. He has created music for multi-million unit selling video game franchises (Crash Bandicoot, Jak & Daxter), Emmy award-winning television (Clifford the Big Red Dog), festival-acclaimed independent films (The Wake of Light, Love Comes to the Executioner, A Star for Rose, Eat the Sun, etc) and a diverse array of commercials (including Target, McDonalds, EA Games and AT&T), logos and other visual media. Josh is also involved with several bands as both a performer and a producer (Exploding Flowers, Vagrant Winter, Fun Time Objects, Cellborg) and has guest lectured/panel-participated at American Film Institute, Berklee College of Music, Royal Northern College of Music, Sarah Lawrence College, UC Irvine, Cal Poly Pomona and LA College of Music College. His iconic music for the Crash Bandicoot video games was performed by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra at London’s Royal Albert Hall in 2018 and music from both the Crash Bandicoot and Jak & Daxter games was performed by the Manchester Video Game Orchestra in 2022.

Crash Bandicoot - Tawna (pre-console version)

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